R. Whitney Winston

Associate

• wwinston@steptoe.com
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• Washington Office

R. Whitney Winston is an associate in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property group.  Mr. Winston’s practice focuses primarily on patent preparation and prosecution, intellectual property litigation, and intellectual property counseling. 

Mr. Winston prepares and prosecutes patent applications; drafts and negotiates license agreements; conducts due-diligence and pre-litigation investigations; counsels clients on export compliance; and advises and represents clients in interference proceedings, patent infringement litigation, and Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission. 

He has worked with inventions in the following technologies:

• computer software,
• embedded systems,
• computer networking,
• instruction set architectures,
• databases,
• e-commerce and business methods,
• consumer electronic devices,
• digital signal processing,
• artificial intelligence,
• power electronics,
• financial services, and
• risk management systems.

Before joining Steptoe, Mr. Winston was general counsel of PureWave Networks, Inc., primarily representing the company in technology-oriented transactions and managing corporate intellectual property. 

Noteworthy

• During law school, Mr. Winston worked as a computer scientist technical consultant to the Romanian Patent Office through the Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program and as a patent examiner in artificial intelligence for the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Professional Affiliations

• MIT Club of the District of Columbia
• US Patent and Trademark Office